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George von L. Meyer, of Hamilton, was chosen Treasurer in a close seven-man race. Other winners were Wiley E. Mayne, of Sanborn, lowa, named Orator, Robert W. Snyder, of Easton, Pennsylvania, Chorister, and John S. Bainbridge, of New York City, Poet. Morris Earle, of New York City, was rolled into the office of Odist by a majority of 113 votes over his nearest competitor...
...Cause: Miss West had turned the Biblical story of Adam & Eve into a burlesque act full of drawling double-entendres, elliptical references to fig leaves and nakedness, talk of the "original applesauce." No sooner had the program closed than angry comments began to pour in to the sponsors (Chase & Sanborn), the broadcasting company (NBC), the advertising agents (J. Walter Thompson). The National Legion of Decency threatened to clean up radio. Some Chase & Sanborn customers threatened a boycott. "Bad taste," mourned the Motion Picture Daily. Such terms as "profane," "filthy," "obscene," "vomitous," burst from such varied commentators as the Chicago Tribune...
...Russell Allen '88, of Greenfield, was elected president of the new Harvard Undergraduate Athletic Council at its organization meeting Tuesday night. Wiley E. Mayne '38, of Sanborn, Iowa, was elected vice-president...
Caspar W. Weinberger '38, of San Francisco, was elected Treasurer of the Council for 1937-38 at the same meeting, and Wiley E. Mayne '38, of Sanborn, Iowa was named Secretary for the same term...
...chosen last night were: Class of 1938--Morris Earle, of New York City; Wiley Edward Mayne, of Sanborn, Iowa; Alvah Woodbury Sulloway, of Concord, New Hampshire; Caspar Willard Weinberger, of San Francisco; Richard Otis Ulin, of Dorcester, Class of 1939--Oliver Payne Bolton, of Lyndhurst, Ohio; Robert Mason Bunker, of West Roxbury; and Charles Lee Burwell, of Millwood, Virginia...